Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us newbirth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
1 Peter 1:3
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you andfalsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven,for in the same way they persecuted the prophets whowere before you.
Matthew 5:11-12
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by therenewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is -- his good, pleasing, and perfect will.
Romans 12:2
This is what the Lord says, "Forget the former things; donot dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland."
Isaiah 43:16,18-19
[Jesus said,] "I am theresurrection and the life. Hewho believes in me will live,even though he dies; andwhoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?"
John 11:25
